Amazon is offering a premium service at a reasonable price. We are members of Amazon Prime for several years now. It is not only free shipping, but guaranteed two business day shipping. You may get super saver free shipping on orders $25 or more, but you will have to wait 1-2 weeks to receive your package. Big difference. Thursdays are best because I will sometimes receive packages on Saturday. =)

I think Amazon’s cost to ship is not as high as we may think. They have their warehouse infrastructure in places like Arizona, Nevada, and Tennessee which allows them to deliver packages to most people within two business days via Ground service anyway.